I Wait For You (Its What I Do) •Xavier Thorpe•

Chapter Three - Questions

translations at the end
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TW: cigarettes, vapes, mention of pills, blood, mentions of making out, falling and becoming unconscious, eating disorder if you squint, weed, smoking

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"So, Sade, why don't you wear glasses like Yoko? I mean, I never really asked why she wears them...have any of us? Yoko's usually with Divina nowadays..."

Having Ajax as a partner in Thornhill's class was not Sade's favorite part of Nevermore, and she doubted it ever would be.

Sade liked Ajax. He was nice, funny even, but sometimes he wouldn't not stop talking and asking questions. Sade would bet most of her money that he was high right now. Despite that, she hoped they would make good friends now that Xavier convinced her not to remove herself from the group the other day.

That was Monday, which meant it was Friday. Sade couldn't wait to get out of third period. Staring at the back of Xavier's and Wednesday's heads while they worked on the assignment together was making her sick.

"Sade?"

The girl turned to see Ajax staring at her. She smiled slightly.

"Sorry, Ajax, I zoned out."

The gorgon smiled back at her. "It's all cool. You'll have to provide some answers to my questions another time."

"Oh yeah..." Sade wasn't sure what to say, she almost felt bad (mostly for the fact she wanted to drain his blood. Only slightly, though).

She quickly scribbled down her phone number in her notebook and ripped out the paper, handing it to Ajax. "Here. Text me later."

Ajax looked confused for a moment when he picked up the paper, before grinning at her again. "You don't have snapchat or instagram?"

She just kind of looked at the boy and he laughed. "I'll take that as a no. Jesus, I'm hungry. Do you think anything in here is edible?"

Sade tuned him slightly out again, focusing more on the assignment than anything else. She was smart, yes, but she knew she couldn't focus on trying to stab both Wednesday and Xavier with her eyes the whole period. Plus Ajax certainly wasn't getting much done.

"Is it because you're like a baby vampire? Y'know, the blood pills and shit?"

The vampire sighed.

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"...Dude, you've never seen How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days?" Ajax had a bewildered look on his face and Xavier wanted to shoot himself.

"No, Jax." The artist sighed as he watched his best friend take another hit of his blunt.

"Enid made me watch it back when, y'know, she wasn't out of the closet. It's actually so good. I should've told you about it before so you could've used Ben's sexy tactics to get with Wednesday. Wait, I think she's dating Enid. Hey, where's Rowan?"

Xavier sighed again, before inhaling the smoke Ajax was letting out. "I don't care about Wednesday anymore. Rowan is probably with Sade at this rate." The boy ended with a sour look on his face, feeling extremely jealous.

Ajax looked at him. "Wait, did you seriously just get over Wednesday like that? I mean Sade is attractive, but we've known her for like, not even a week yet."

Xavier shook his head. "I've been getting over Wednesday. She made it obvious she wasn't interested back in like, sophomore year. Her getting with Enid was the last push I needed."

The gorgon looked at him skeptically. "You sure it wasn't Sade?"

"Yes! I'm sure! This isn't about her, or Wednesday, or Bianca, or Tyler!" Xavier burst up from his seat in the corner of the dorm. He had a hand on his hip and one rubbing his temples.